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Influence of psychosocial factors on student's academic performance in one of Nigerian colleges of education

This paper examined the influence of psychosocial factors on student’s academic performance. Self- administered questionnaire was applied as the method of data collection and a sample of 339 students’ from five faculties/schools in Potiskum College were chosen based on stratified and simple random s...

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Main Authors: Kolo, Ali Garba, Wan Jaafar, Wan Munira, Ahmad, Nobaya
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Language:English
Published: Secholian Publication 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62165/1/Influence%20of%20psychosocial%20factors%20on%20student%27s%20academic%20performance%20in%20one%20of%20Nigerian%20colleges%20of%20education.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62165/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.621652019-04-18T03:02:08Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62165/ Influence of psychosocial factors on student's academic performance in one of Nigerian colleges of education Kolo, Ali Garba Wan Jaafar, Wan Munira Ahmad, Nobaya This paper examined the influence of psychosocial factors on student’s academic performance. Self- administered questionnaire was applied as the method of data collection and a sample of 339 students’ from five faculties/schools in Potiskum College were chosen based on stratified and simple random sampling techniques to complete the survey. After analyzing the data collected, Person’s correlation coefficient reflected that, there was a positive and significant correlation between the all four variables: students’ attitudes towards lecturers, academic self-efficacy, students’-lecturers’ interaction and academic performance. Moreover, multiple regression analysis by using stepwise method was conducted to estimate the prediction power of the independent variables on the dependent variable. The finding indicated that only attitude and interaction could significantly predict students’ academic performance by R2=65.6%. Meaning academic self-efficacy failed to predict academic performance in present study. To conclude in this study, attitude and interaction are important factors in influencing students’ academic performance positively in Potiskum College of education, Nigeria. Secholian Publication 2017-03 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62165/1/Influence%20of%20psychosocial%20factors%20on%20student%27s%20academic%20performance%20in%20one%20of%20Nigerian%20colleges%20of%20education.pdf Kolo, Ali Garba and Wan Jaafar, Wan Munira and Ahmad, Nobaya (2017) Influence of psychosocial factors on student's academic performance in one of Nigerian colleges of education. Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2 (1). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2504-8562 https://msocialsciences.com/index.php/mjssh/article/view/32
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description This paper examined the influence of psychosocial factors on student’s academic performance. Self- administered questionnaire was applied as the method of data collection and a sample of 339 students’ from five faculties/schools in Potiskum College were chosen based on stratified and simple random sampling techniques to complete the survey. After analyzing the data collected, Person’s correlation coefficient reflected that, there was a positive and significant correlation between the all four variables: students’ attitudes towards lecturers, academic self-efficacy, students’-lecturers’ interaction and academic performance. Moreover, multiple regression analysis by using stepwise method was conducted to estimate the prediction power of the independent variables on the dependent variable. The finding indicated that only attitude and interaction could significantly predict students’ academic performance by R2=65.6%. Meaning academic self-efficacy failed to predict academic performance in present study. To conclude in this study, attitude and interaction are important factors in influencing students’ academic performance positively in Potiskum College of education, Nigeria.
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author Kolo, Ali Garba
Wan Jaafar, Wan Munira
Ahmad, Nobaya
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Influence of psychosocial factors on student's academic performance in one of Nigerian colleges of education
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title Influence of psychosocial factors on student's academic performance in one of Nigerian colleges of education
title_short Influence of psychosocial factors on student's academic performance in one of Nigerian colleges of education
title_full Influence of psychosocial factors on student's academic performance in one of Nigerian colleges of education
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